Hello,
The major obstacle to installing the Hurd from a Debian system using the
lots-of-packages method has generally been that it's a pain to get all
the packages by hand (yes, not *much* of a pain but still nontrivial) The
attached patch modifies cross-install to support downloading the files with
wget as part of the installation process. It also should support aborted
downloads.
In addition, the patch adds a mechanism for parsing additional options on the
command-line (this is used for activating the download feature, but I also
hooked it into some other options).
I believe that cross-install should continue to work as it does currently if
the download feature is not enabled.
Daniel
--
In dreams I crossed a barren land,
A land of ruin, far away;
Around me hung on every hand
A deathful stillness of decay.
And silent, as in bleak dismay
That song should thus forsaken be,
On that forgotten ground there lay
The broken flutes of Arcady.
-- Edwin Arlington Robinson, "Ballad of Broken Flutes"